The Cleveland Indians on Thursday denied reports the team is looking to phase out the Chief Wahoo logo, but acknowledged the logo being used by Major League Baseball might change.

Curtis Danburg, the Indians' director of communications, said the club is not looking to phase out the Chief Wahoo logo anytime soon, Cleveland.com reported.

Native Americans and supporters have protested for many years the use of the Cleveland Indians team name and the Chief Wahoo logo, which shows an Indian with bright red skin, an exaggerated smile and a feather in his hair.

Danburg was a guest on Thursday's Sport Insider on Cleveland.com and clarified the recent news of the Indians changing the use of their logos.

Chief Wahoo has been the symbol of the Indians since the 1940s.

"The fact of the matter is there's no change to our approach at all," Danburg said. "We have three logos. We have script Indians, we have block-C and we have Chief Wahoo. You will see the same logos in the same place on the uniforms this year. There's no process to eliminate Chief Wahoo."

Danburg said that the designation of the Tribe's logo that Major League Baseball uses might change.

"It's a nature of changing the maybe the designation that you might see that Major League Baseball uses in their style guide, which is a more of a discretionary change," Danburg said. "It's nothing to do with the approach in locally how we use it or anything to read into."

Danburg said there are not any long-term plans in phasing out Chief Wahoo.

"It's not even being talked about at the present time," Danburg said. "It's certainly a hot issue, especially with what's going on in D.C. with the Redskins and we are certainly monitoring that. There are no immediate need or thoughts to change our approach."

With the Washington Redskins receiving criticism during the 2013 season about the appropriateness of the team nickname, the Indians posted an online survey in October in which fans were asked their opinions of the Chief Wahoo logo.

Survey participants were asked their opinions of the following statements: "This logo reflects the heritage of the Indians," "I feel a strong positive emotional connection to this logo," "This logo makes me proud of the Indians," "This logo represents more than the team -- it represents the city of Cleveland," "This logo is an important part of my support for the Indians."

Other questions in the survey applied to the team's other logos and uniforms, as well as ballpark amenities and giveaways.

The club issued a statement when it announced the survey: "The Indians continuously survey our fans on all matters of the organization. In this instance, the feedback on logos and uniforms was a small part of an overarching fan satisfaction survey and represents a normal course of action in our effort to ultimately provide the best fan experience possible."